Nottingham Harmonic Society
Nottingham Harmonic Society is Nottingham's civic choir, and has established itself as one of the leading provincial choruses in Britain.[citation needed]
It started life as the Vocal Music Club of the Nottingham Mechanics' Institution formed in 1846, but soon became independent of the Institute under the name Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Society.[1]
List of Chorus Masters
- Henry Farmer 1866 - 1880
- John Adcock 1880 - 1895
- Henry Wood 1897 - 1902
- Allen Gill 1902 - 1930
- Roy Henderson 1930 - 1937[2]
- Herbert Bardgett 1937 - 1960[3]
- Noel Cox 1960 - 1973[4]
- Andrew Burnham 1973 - 1985
- Neil Page 1986 - 2007
- Murray Stewart 2007 - 2008
- Richard Laing 2009 - current
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References
- ^ A History of the Oratorio. Howard E. Smither. The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8078-2511-5
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/mar/17/guardianobituaries
- ^ Musical Times, 1960, p.424
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/noel-cox-504780.html
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